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Arrest made in sexual assault, slaying of Canton 7-year-old

Child was abducted at gated apartment complex where she lived, police say

CANTON, GA. | Authorities say they have charged a man with murder in the beating death of a 7-year-old north Georgia girl, who was abducted and killed at an apartment complex and her body left in a trash bin.

Authorities say 20-year-old Ryan Brunn of Canton was arrested on a murder warrant this afternoon.

Jorelys Rivera was last seen Friday evening leaving the playground to walk back home to get drinks for her friends. Her body was found three days later.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan has called the killing "very calculated and planned."

Autopsy results showed the girl died of blows to the head and was stabbed and sexually assaulted before her body was placed in a trash bin at the complex.